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How the institution rates and compares
The educational experience
Teaching quality
(derived from AGS data)
Generic skills
(derived from AGS data)
Graduate satisfaction
(derived from AGS data)
Staff-student ratio
(derived from federal government data)
Status and standing
Student demand *****
(derived from federal government data)
Research grants *****
(derived from ARC and federal government data)
Research intensity *****
(derived from ARC and federal government data)
Social equity **
(derived from ARC and federal government data)
Staff qualifications
(derived from federal government data)
Student retention
(derived from federal government data)
Graduate outcomes
**
Getting a job
(derived from AGS data)
Graduate starting salary
(derived from AGS data)
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Other ratings and comparisons
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Established
Student numbers
Undergraduates
% domestic schoolleavers
1909 as a university
48804 higher education students (very big)
35 126 undergraduates (5686 of these are international students)
63% of domestic undergraduates commence directly from school. The balance are admitted from non-traditional pathways, such as via
VET qualifications, mature age special entry provisions, professional qualifications or other criteria.
83% of undergraduates are studying full time and on campus.
Preferred study modes
About the University of Queensland
With a history spanning more than a century, the University of
Queensland (UQ) was the state's first university and remains one
of the country's prominent research-intensive institutions, as
illustrated by its membership of both Universitas 21 and the
research-intensive Group of Eight. The university enrols around
50,000 students, including a significant cohort of international
students.
How the fields of study rate and compare
The main campus is located at 8t Lucia, seven kilometres from
Brisbane's CBO, on a 114-hectare site bordered on all sides by
the Brisbane River. The Gatton campus, about an hour west of
Brisbane, started life as an agricultural college (older than UQ, in
fact) and is now home to a comprehensive animal research and
teaching centre. The Herston campus is a medical, teaching and
research campus co-located with the Royal Brisbane and
Women's Hospital. Other specialised teaching and research
facilities are scattered across Brisbane and Queensland.
FIELD OF STUDY WHO'S GRADUATE SALARY GETTING A FULL-TIME FURTHER WHAT GRADUATES SAY
THERE JOB STUDY
Total International Starti ng Salaries Graduates Success Graduates to Teaching Generic Overall
number students salaries compared seeking work compared further study quality skills satisfaction
Accounting $51 269 Better 37% Average 26% Average Average Average
Agriculture 764 65 37% Worse 1 9% Average Average Average
Arch itectu re 355 56 28% Better 23% Average Average Average
Built environment 314 39 47% Average 21% Worse Better Average
Business and management 5683 1464 $52377 Better 27% Better 25% Average Average Average
Communications 1334 111 $50 731 Better 43% Average 24% Average Worse Worse
Computing and IT 829 174 33% Average 38% Average Average Average
Creative arts 404 13 39% Better 40% Average Average Better
Dentistry 360 94 $85 773 1 7% 6% Better Better Better
Economics 1012 159 $53678 Worse 30% Average 30% Average Average Average
Education and training 1445 65 $56773 Average 22% Average 4% Worse Worse Worse
Engineering and technology 4339 610 $66 944 Better 27% Better 7% Average Average Average
Environmental studies 717 41 $48250 40% Better 23% Worse Average Average
Health services and support 902 80 $59 846 Better 32% Average 41% Better Better Better
Humanities and social sciences 7700 602 $54 068 Better 39% Average 35% Average Average Average
Languages 61 5 $54 381 Average 45% Average 37% Average Average Average
Law 423 63 $53 668 Average 22% Average 23% Worse Worse Worse
Mathematics 25 5 47% Average 52% Average Average Average
Medicine 2134 744 $63 397 9% 0% Average Worse Worse
Nursing 571 12 $62 332 Better 32% Worse 11% Average Average Average
Paralegal studies 42 5 Better Better Better
Pharmacy 1069 173 $41 451 Average 1 0% Average 12% Average Average Average
Psychology 869 65 $49 308 Average 48% Average 32% Average Average Average
Rehabilitation 1338 142 $57842 Average 15% Average 4% Better Average Better
For an explanation of this table, see pages 176-177.
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